There was once upon a time when native CSS lacked many essential features, leaving developers to come up with all sorts of ways to make CSS easier to write over the years.

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Native CSS has developed significantly, reducing the need for pre-processors like Sass, Less, and Stylus by adding features such as CSS variables and nesting. Post-processors like PostCSS and the faster Lightning CSS are gaining popularity, with tools like Tailwind CSS removing pre-processor support. Lightning CSS stands out due to its speed and compatibility with frameworks like Vite.

So, You Want to Give Up CSS Pre- and Post-Processors…

I think post-processors have won the compiling game

Tailwind removing support for pre-processors

<p>My gosh, CSS has absorbed so many features of Sass and Less as native functionality, it has made those libraries almost unneeded. Tailwind, OTOH, is in a different category. It’s a whole nother level alongside Bootstrap and MaterialUI.</p>
